Actually he was created with draft materials, and CC was 2 years then. I still think it should be two years but it may actually be that short. Might have to check into that.

First version of T5 (2012) p72. Command College is a special Military School only for characters with Army, Navy, or Marine rank Officer4. At the beginning of the first term the character is O4, the first event is Command College. A character who fails Command College may not Continue in the service.

Further, each of the careers mention it as the first year of the O4 term.

T5.09 (2015) p42. Command College is a special Military School for higher ranking officers. A Character must attend Command College in the first year of the term after he is promoted to Officer4, provided he successfully Continues. A character who fails Command College may not Continue in the service.

Further, each of the careers mention it as the first year of the O4 term.

Since both versions indicate one year, I suspect there was a misinterpretation of the draft materials.

While personal experience from the US military has no bearing on the Traveller rules, I suspect that is the basis of the rule as presented. The Command and General Staff Officer course is a ten month course (currently housed at Fort Leavenworth Kansas, started in 1881). A precocious officer would go at O4, O5 or O6 is more normal. This course is normally available to ~5400 officers a year.

There is a School of Advanced Military Studies (started in 1983) for those that are likely to make O6 and awards the PhD. It is a second year of training that awards the PhD after a year of applied use (the third year of the training). This course is only open to ~150 officers a year.

There is a plethora of other advanced training courses available to officers that would equate to the ANM schools.

__________________"Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet." - General James Mattis.

3 times elevated Knight of the Iridium Throne, Marquis Djar, Marquis of the Solomani Rim (Fafhrd), Count Uakye, and Count Jana.Duke Ninua of the Imperial Core.

Sutton just whats to make bombs, good bomb, the best non lethal, bombs money can't buy.

Lt. Cor. Sutton outranks FC Martel, and outranks Baronet Martel (Sutton's Soc is C, Martel's is c) and as such is more likely to be made liaison to the Voodgi than Martel is.

The only area where Martel exceeds Sutton is that Martel's fame is Domain wide (Fame 22) whereas Sutton is only known in a greater system area (Fame 15). I suspect this is due to the difference in career paths. The newsies like splashy field work (it makes good copy) over academic work.

Being known Domain wide would be a hindrance in negotiating covert operations with an associated species as meetings would be hard to keep secret.

__________________"Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet." - General James Mattis.

3 times elevated Knight of the Iridium Throne, Marquis Djar, Marquis of the Solomani Rim (Fafhrd), Count Uakye, and Count Jana.Duke Ninua of the Imperial Core.

Lt. Cor. Sutton outranks FC Martel, and outranks Baronet Martel (Sutton's Soc is C, Martel's is c) and as such is more likely to be made liaison to the Voodgi than Martel is.

The only area where Martel exceeds Sutton is that Martel's fame is Domain wide (Fame 22) whereas Sutton is only known in a greater system area (Fame 15). I suspect this is due to the difference in career paths. The newsies like splashy field work (it makes good copy) over academic work.

Being known Domain wide would be a hindrance in negotiating covert operations with an associated species as meetings would be hard to keep secret.

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I have my Mark I Blaster next to me and my Imperial Officer's Cover (my KGB hat with an Imperial Starburst in the band) as I type this. I thought it both fitting and amusing, I was wearing it in Angry Joe style while I ran my new Crystal Cruiser I have been grinding forever for in FTL. Yeah, and I bet you thought this was like game related stuff. teeheehee

True. But someone here already said he had prior experience with them.

But then we can hash that out...what's that a door chime you say? Well, best go answer that.

EDIT: Wait, what?! Sutton has a Soc C?

Really Sir Nick? Funny you never mentioned your family had money. Hmmm, suddenly your family encouraging you to try and get into Blackwall to cement relations with the empire makes someone's patriotism look less inspired. But that is just a Rumor I heard in a Quelw startown dive. I mean really who believes the stuff. Next you'll be telling me Rudy's folks were the actual targets of the Winter Ball assassination attempt too.

Generator gestalt may be achieved (maybe!) with a new Talent, Gestalt, or a wafer jack!

Okay, spit-balling a theory there.

By the time of The Tower and The Hive series, most Teleport/Telepaths working the Towers can Gestalt with the generators to enhance Teleport/Telepath.

This occurred in the time of at least three generations, since Earth Prime, Peter Reidinger, is the third of his name.

Since the top Teleport/Telepaths are called Primes, I figure they have a Psi of 15, and the talents in the series use T1 (Prime) to T12 for a general measure of the strength of their talent. (I figure Rank for a Psionicist would be 16 - Psi).

More spit-balling, let only those of T7 or better Rank (Psi = 9+) to Gestalt.

Also, been bashing on the forge a T4 transliteration of the T4 Psionicist career. Call me crazy.

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Originally Posted by Magnus von Thornwood

First I see I have get those books again because I forgotten a lot.

Two, I could only see..dangit, hmmm, Wafer Jack you say...

Yeah.

I also just remembered that it was easier to gestalt with certain generator frequencies that were at the same pitch of the characters' favorite music.

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If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.

Really Sir Nick? Funny you never mentioned your family had money. Hmmm, suddenly your family encouraging you to try and get into Blackwall to cement relations with the empire makes someone's patriotism look less inspired. But that is just a Rumor I heard in a Quelw startown dive. I mean really who believes the stuff. Next you'll be telling me Rudy's folks were the actual targets of the Winter Ball assassination attempt too.

Wasn't Aron Sutton, Nick's dad, a professor at Astro U?

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